Alkha Deore

Senior Faculty and Entrepreneurship Development Trainer with extensive experience in self-employment training, MSME enterprise promotion, livelihood development, financial inclusion, SHG capacity building, and entrepreneurship mentoring. Over a decade of work with rural communities, women entrepreneurs, and SHG groups, supporting them in enterprise creation, bank linkage, digital and financial literacy, and sustainable livelihood development.

Senior Faculty at Mahabank Rural Self Employment Training Institute (R-SETI) (2013-09 – 2025-11)

Entrepreneurship development, project planning, market survey & project report preparation. Training on branding, packaging, marketing strategy & digital marketing. 3 days residential Training program on Development a Sustainable Brand Narrative At Indian Institute Of Forest And Climate Change, Government of India.

• Facilitating MSME schemes, bank linkages & government program access
• Preparing entrepreneur success stories & documentation
• Conducting leadership, confidence-building & soft-skills training
• Delivering financial literacy & enterprise sustainability modules
• Organizing exposure visits & interactions with successful entrepreneurs
• Conducting assessments as per SOP, CNN norms & NSQF standards (online exams)
• Preparing MIS reports, follow-up & awareness programs
• Mobilizing women & SHG members for entrepreneurship initiatives

Various Roles at NGO (2002 – 2011)

• MSME cluster garment development
• Agriculture farmer group development from Nabard
• Animal husbandry development and SHG groups
• Honey bee cultivation group training
• Spices and food training conducted
• Handicraft department training conducted

PG in Sustainable Rural Development – NIRD / SIRD (2016)

MSW in Master of Social Work – Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth (2015)

B.A. in Geography – Pune University (1988)